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Esophagoscopy/rigid/diagnostic 43191 at mercy hospital

1320 Mercy Drive Northwest, Canton, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1366433195

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 15, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$647.40

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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$996.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$1.10 with Zing Health vs $4,036,081.00 with The Health Plan — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.10 ↓ -100%
Summacare Preferred $95.69 ↓ -85%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $95.69 ↓ -85%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $99.53 ↓ -85%
United Managed Medicaid $101.51 ↓ -84%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $104.56 ↓ -84%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $106.59 ↓ -84%
Molina Managed Medicaid $111.66 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $111.66 ↓ -83%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $125.13 ↓ -81%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $132.70 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $132.70 ↓ -80%
United Medicare Advantage $132.70 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $132.70 ↓ -80%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $132.70 ↓ -80%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $132.70 ↓ -80%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $136.68 ↓ -79%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $139.34 ↓ -78%
Summacare Premier $139.34 ↓ -78%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $139.85 ↓ -78%
The Health Plan PPO $141.99 ↓ -78%
Perennial Health Medicare Advantage $143.32 ↓ -78%
The Health Plan All Products PCP $145.97 ↓ -77%
The Health Plan All Products Specialty Physicians $152.61 ↓ -76%
The Health Plan All Products Radiation Oncology Physicians $172.51 ↓ -73%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $207.34 ↓ -68%
Oscar All Products $253.08 ↓ -61%
United All Products - Mid-Level $344.78 ↓ -47%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $356.57 ↓ -45%
United HMO & PPO $383.09 ↓ -41%
United All Products $383.09 ↓ -41%
OHCP All Products $387.44 ↓ -40%
OMAS All Products $498.00 ↓ -23%
PHPHI All Products $597.60 ↓ -8%
MMO Traditional $697.20 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $697.20 ↑ +8%
Immergrun All Products $747.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $747.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $796.80 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $896.40 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $996.00 ↑ +54%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $1,223.58 ↑ +89%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $1,260.29 ↑ +95%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $1,284.76 ↑ +98%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $1,284.76 ↑ +98%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $1,345.94 ↑ +108%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,577.50 ↑ +144%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,752.78 ↑ +171%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $1,752.78 ↑ +171%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,815.43 ↑ +180%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,815.43 ↑ +180%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,815.43 ↑ +180%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,869.90 ↑ +189%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,893.00 ↑ +192%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,906.21 ↑ +194%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $1,960.67 ↑ +203%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $2,879.57 ↑ +345%
MMO SuperMed $3,248.90 ↑ +402%
The Health Plan HMO $1,276,448.04 ↑ +197065%
The Health Plan POS $4,036,081.00 ↑ +623329%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital

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Esophagoscopy/rigid/diagnostic 43191 at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $5,671.90 $1.10 – $7,853.40
akron general Akron $647.40 $1.10 – $1,893.00
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center Beachwood $2,690.25 $792.73 – $3,267.78
University Hospitals Beachwood Medical Center Beachwood $2,690.25 $900.00 – $4,597.98
University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center Elyria $2,690.25 $1,815.43 – $3,267.78
University Hospitals Regional Hospitals - Geauga Medical Center Chardon $2,690.25 $1,815.43 – $3,267.78
University Hospitals Lake West Medical Center Willoughby OH 44094|7590 Auburn Road $2,690.25 $1,815.43 – $3,267.78
University Hospitals Parma Medical Center Parma OH 44129|7007 Powers Boulevard $2,690.25 $1,815.43 – $3,267.78

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